Hong, Jun Pyo
Hong, Je Beom
Lee, Byungho
Choi, Ran Joo
Kim, Kibyeong
Shim, Jin-Kyoung
Roh, Tae Hoon
Moon, Ju Hyung
Kim, Eui Hyun
Teo, Wan-Yee
Chang, Jong Hee
Kim, Soo-Youl
Kang, Seok-Gu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5676-2037
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (RS-2024-00438443)
Bio&Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Korean government (RS-2024-00437820)
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (RS-2024-00408191)
Article History
Received: 29 August 2025
Accepted: 27 December 2025
First Online: 3 January 2026
Declarations
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: All experimental procedures involving human tissues were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Institutional Review Boards of our institutions (no. 4–2021 − 1319), and all participants provided written informed consent prior to sample collection. All procedures related to in vivo experiments and animal care were approved by the Committee for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals at Yonsei University College of Medicine (no. 2023 − 0237) and were conducted in accordance with the guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the US National Institutes of Health. We complied with the ARRIVE guidelines for the reporting of animal experiments.
: The authors declare no competing interests.